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The willingness to betray one’s country, one’s people, one’s family—to commit treason and foreswear loyalty to one entity by giving it to another—is a difficult concept for many people to comprehend. Yet, societies have grappled with treason for centuries; the motivations, implications, and conseque...

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Tracy, Larissa, 1974-
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2019]
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Explorations in Medieval Culture 10.
Physical Description:1 online resource (432 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction: The Shameful Business of Betrayal and Treason 1 / Larissa Tracy
  • 1 Wiglaf’s Sword: The Coming of the State 25 / Frank Battaglia
  • 2 In Sickness and in Health: The Boethian Narrative of the Two Geralds of Brecon 56 / Sarah J. Sprouse
  • 3 Treasonous and Dishonorable Conduct: The Private Dimension of Treason and Chivalric Reform in Late Medieval Florence 78 / Peter Sposato
  • 4 Royal Punishment and Reconciliation in Trastámara Castile 100 / Samuel A. Claussen
  • 5 “A somewhat too cruel vengeance was taken for the blood of the slain”: Royal Punishment of Rebels, Traitors, and Political Enemies in Medieval Scotland, c. 1100–c. 1250 119 / Iain A. MacInnes
  • 6 Revolt in Heaven: Lucifer’s Treason in Genesis B  147 / Daniel Thomas
  • 7 Blessed Betrayal: The Opportunity of Treachery in Anglo-Latin Ecclesiastical Texts 170 / Sally Shockro
  • 8 Legal Ramifications of Ordeals and Treason in Morant und Galie  199 / Tina Marie Boyer
  • 9 Religious Identity, Loyalty, and Treason in the Cycle du roi  223 / Ana Grinberg
  • 10 Traitors Respond: English Catholic Polemical Strategies against Accusations of Treason at the End of the Sixteenth Century 250
  • 11 Treason and Deception in Late Medieval German Romances and Novels Königin Sibille, Melusine, and Malagis  269 / Albrecht Classen
  • 12 Treacherous Women at King Arthur’s Court: Punishment and Shame 288 / Inna Matyushina
  • 13 Treason and the Feast in Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur  320 / Melissa Ridley Elmes
  • 14 ‘Tis Fearful Sleeping in a Serpent’s Bed’: Arden of Faversham and the Threat of the Petty Traitor 340 / Dianne Berg
  • 15 The Spatial Configuration of Shame in La Princesse de Clèves  356 / Susan Small
  • Conclusion: The Shame Game, from Guinevere to Cersei: Adultery, Treason, and Betrayal 371 / Larissa Tracy
  • Back Matter
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.

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